Avocados are the best. Just look at Instagram. The hashtag avocado has been used over 1.6 million times. While eating them, you can tell people smugly, Its a healthy fat. And then of course theres guacamole, which I think should be its own food group. It was only a matter of time before this magnificent fruit (yep, its a fruit) started making the rounds as a beauty product.
DIY recipes for avocado hair and face masks abound, and its easy to mash one up and spread it all over your face. But avocado oil, not the green mushy flesh itself, is whats being touted as the latest beauty miracle worker on forums like Makeup Alley, on beauty blogs, and in natural hair forums. I was tipped off to avocado oil's potential as it's used in Kiehls recently launched "Creamy Eye Treatment." When I read that Lupita Nyong'o uses it on her hair and skin I knew I was onto something: Could avocado oil dethrone coconut oil?
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